Come and help the Ghent Neighborhood League and Keep Norfolk Beautiful plant salt tolerant grasses along the Hague Waterfront. The grasses will help mitigate flooding and beautify the area.

Wear close-toed shoes and bring gloves, all other materials will be provided. Water and hot coffee will be available too.

Meet your neighbors and make a difference!

Nominations for the upcoming GNL Board and Officers election end on April 23,2024 at 5:00 PM. We would love to see you on the ballot!

Happy Earth Day! The GNL has been working hard to set up initiatives and events to increase sustainability, beautify the neighborhood and lessen the burden on the environment. From the Big Dig, where we placed plants to mitigate tidal damage on the Hague to our monthly walkabout community clean ups, we are working hard with a lot of new things planned for the future.

We’ve got two exciting activities planned for Friday, April 19th. First up is a Boutique Tour at Mercy O in the Palace Shops from 4-5:30 PM. Come browse this lovely Ghent Shop. GNL members will receive 20% off any purchases.

After the shop, we’ll meet up at The Ghent’s rooftop bar, across the street from Mercy O at 319 West 21st Street from 5:30-7:30 for drinks and conviviality.

Meet fellow Ghentites, check out Ghent businesses and enjoy community! Win-win!!!

Our April Monthly Membership Meeting promises to be an exciting one. We’ll be meeting some Norfolk Candidates for Mayor and City Council, and enjoying a presentation about much needed improvements to Stockley Gardens. We’ll also be sharing some exciting new GNL projects.

See you then!

Join us for the first monthly Ghent Walkabout. We’ll be walking Ghent, picking up trash, scoping out beautification projects and city repair needs and having a great time with our friends and neighbors.

Dress comfortably in closed toed shoes and bring gloves. Bags and grabbers will be provided thanks to Keep Norfolk Beautiful.

We’re meeting up on the corner of Westover and Colley.

Come serve your community and the environment.

Moving forward there will be a monthly Walkabout on the first Saturday of every month, so make it a great habit!

Meet us at the Birch for our monthly GNL Happy Hour! We’ve had a lot of success with these social events and hope to see you join us for drinks, snacks and conversation. Past GNL President Jeremy McGee is the owner of the Birch and we are thrilled to spend this coming Friday there. Join us!! The Birch, 1231 West Olney Rd.

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!!

Meet us out at Grandiflora Wine Garden on Friday, February 23rd from 5-7. GNL members Jason and Erin Edelman, owners of Grandiflora Wine Garden and our first featured ‘Neighbors to Know’ will be on hand sharing community and conviviality with us. Last months first Happy Hour was a great success and we look forward to seeing even more neighbors out and about in February. See you then!

Join our monthly membership meeting to meet neighbors, and learn about upcoming events, socials and projects. As we continue our push into the New Year there are a lot of changes afoot and the speakers and presentations will be memorable. See you soon!

The Ghent Neighborhood League wishes you a Merry Christmas!

Our Holiday Party this year is going to be a showstopper! We’ve got fantastic entertainment, delicious food and drinks (including a signature drink made just for the event), special guests, door prizes, and best of all friendship and camaraderie. We look forward to seeing you there, and feel free to bring your family!

We’re asking that everyone bring a donation of nonperishable food or a check for the Food Bank, to help those who are in need during the holiday season.

To attend, please rsvp to admin@ghentneighborhoodleague.org by December 12th.

Our beautification and environmental project in tandem with Virginia Trees for Clean Water is hosting a dig on Saturday, December 16th at 8 am. We’re meeting at the corner of Mowbray Arch and Fairfax Avenue to dig in about 35 plants.

Please join us! Wear close toed shoes, bring gloves and eye protection and dig in!

We’ll have refreshments will supply shovels.

If you can’t dig, come anyway, we’ll find something for you to do!

The Ghent Neighborhood League Wishes you and yours a Happy Hanukkah!

All month until the 22nd we’ll be checking out your mistletoe and jingle jangles to see who has the most splendiferous holiday decor of all!! There will be one grand prize winner and three honorable mentions, and we predict very stiff competition! Prizes include signs, bragging rights and a little extra holiday dazzle!

We’re kicking off our Holiday Decoration Contest the day after Thanksgiving. The contest is open to all houses and apartments in Ghent. We’ll be offering one Grand Prize and three honorable mentions. Dazzle your neighbors with your holiday inventiveness and win prizes and bragging rights! Happy Holidays!

Join us for our monthly membership meeting, every third Wednesday at the Willliams School, 419 Colonial Avenue in Ghent. From 6-6:30 we have social time with the meeting starting at 6:30. We’d love to see you there!

October’s Monthly Membership Meeting. Social half hour at 6:00, Meeting begins at 6:30 at the Williams School.

Fred’s Pumpkin Patch. The Fred Heutte Center has started plant sales again. Sunday October 8 from noon to 5:00 pm, rain or shine. Come get your pumpkins, pansies, snapdragons, violas & daffodil bulbs at the Center, 1000 Botetourt Gardens, Norfolk, 23507. See you there!

Get your scary on with the Ghent Neighborhood League’s first Halloween Decorating Contest! The Grand Prize winner will receive a ghoulish yard sign and bragging rights!

Our Current Fundraising Focus is the Ghent Planting Project in partnership with Norfolk Master Gardeners. The GNL is working with the city of Norfolk and the Virginia Department of Forestry to prepare a grant application for a cost-reimbursable project under the Virginia Trees for Clean Water program. We are proposing that GNL and Norfolk Master Gardener Association volunteers plant trees and shrubs at three locations along the Hague, between the seawall and the public walkway.